Doctors can’t treat what they can’t see: why lab tests are important
Teniola and I went to the hospital a day after she started feeling unwell. The doctor sent her to the laboratory for some tests.
As we were leaving the consulting room, Teni said to me, “I’m not going to the lab; it’s probably just malaria because of the symptoms I’m experiencing, so why should I go through the stress?
I tried to convince…